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Granted Patent B2
US 11,843,732 · App. 17/880,548 · Granted Dec 12, 2023

Image processing apparatus for inputting characters using touch panel, control method thereof and storage medium

Inventor: Kenichi Shiraishi (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
H04N1/00411G06F40/166H04N1/00384
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,843,732
App. No.
17/880,548
Granted
Dec 12, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

To make it possible for a user to easily perform partial editing for an unsettled file name or the like being displayed on a UI screen of the image processing apparatus. An editing a UI screen that takes a character string selected by a user as a target is displayed.

Claims (57)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

at least one memory that stores a program; and

at least one processor that executes the program to perform:

controlling to display a UI screen for setting a property of a file including a scanned image that is obtained by scanning a document, wherein the UI screen displays, as the property to be set, a connected string including one character string recognized from the scanned image and one or more character strings;

in response to detection of a user operation specifying the one character string on the displayed UI screen in a state where the connected string is displayed, controlling to display, as an editing target, the specified one character string that is recognized from the scanned image, while the one or more character strings are not displayed as the editing target; and

setting of the property by using a connected string including the one character string displayed as the editing target and then edited by a user while displayed as the editing target and the one or more character strings.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the connected string used for the setting of the property is displayed on the UI screen after the one character string is edited.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

in response to the detection of the user operation, the one character string is displayed together with a soft keyboard that is used to edit the one character string.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the property is a file name of the file including the scanned image.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the one character string recognized from the scanned image corresponds to a character area detected from the scanned image.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the one or more character strings correspond to one or more character areas detected from the scanned image.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the information processing apparatus comprising a scanner and the scanned image is obtained by scanning the document with the scanner.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the information processing apparatus is capable of communicating with a server and the file, together with the property, is transmitted to and saved in the server.

9. A control method of an image processing apparatus, the control method comprising:

displaying a UI screen for setting a property of a file including a scanned image that is obtained by scanning a document, wherein the UI screen displays, as the property to be set, a connected string including one character string recognized from the scanned image and one or more character strings;

responding to detection of a user operation specifying the one character string on the displayed UI screen in a state where the connected string is displayed, by displaying, as an editing target, the specified one character string that is recognized from the scanned image, while the one or more character strings are not displayed as the editing target; and

setting the property by using a connected string including the one character string displayed as the editing target and then edited by a user while displayed as the editing target and the one or more character strings.

10. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform:

displaying a UI screen for setting a property of a file including a scanned image that is obtained by scanning a document, wherein the UI screen displays, as the property to be set, a connected string including one character string recognized from the scanned image and one or more character strings;

responding to detection of a user operation specifying the one character string on the displayed UI screen in a state where the connected string is displayed, by displaying, as an editing target, the specified one character string that is recognized from the scanned image, while the one or more character strings are not displayed as the editing target; and

setting the property by using a connected string including the one character string displayed as the editing target and then edited by a user while displayed as the editing target and the one or more character strings.

11. An information processing apparatus comprising:

at least one memory that stores a program; and

at least one processor that executes the program to perform:

controlling to display a UI screen for setting a property of a file including a scanned image that is obtained by scanning a document, wherein the UI screen displays, as the property to be set, a connected string including one character string recognized from the scanned image and one or more character strings;

in response to detection of a user operation specifying the one character string on the displayed UI screen in a state where the connected string is displayed, controlling to display a second UI screen that displays, as an editing target, the specified one character string that is recognized from the scanned image, while the one or more character strings are not displayed as the editing target on the second UI screen; and

receiving an edit from a user of the one character string displayed as the editing target;

wherein the property is set by using a connected string including the one character string edited by the user and the one or more character strings.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein

in response to the detection of the user operation, the one character string is displayed together with a soft keyboard that is used to edit the one character string.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein

the property is a file name of the file including the scanned image.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein

the one character string recognized from the scanned image corresponds to a character area detected from the scanned image.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein

the one or more character strings correspond to one or more character areas detected from the scanned image.

16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein

the information processing apparatus comprising a scanner and the scanned image is obtained by scanning the document with the scanner.

17. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein

the information processing apparatus is capable of communicating with a server and the file, together with the property, is transmitted to and saved in the server.

18. A control method of an image processing apparatus, the control method comprising:

displaying a UI screen for setting a property of a file including a scanned image that is obtained by scanning a document, wherein the UI screen displays, as the property to be set, a connected string including one character string recognized from the scanned image and one or more character strings;

responding to detection of a user operation specifying the one character string on the displayed UI screen in a state where the connected string is displayed, by displaying a second UI screen that displays, as an editing target, the specified one character string that is recognized from the scanned image, while the one or more character strings are not displayed as the editing target on the second UI screen;

receiving an edit from a user of the one character string displayed as the editing target; and

setting the property by using a connected string including the one character string edited by the user and the one or more character strings.

19. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform:

displaying a UI screen for setting a property of a file including a scanned image that is obtained by scanning a document, wherein the UI screen displays, as the property to be set, a connected string including one character string recognized from the scanned image and one or more character strings;

responding to detection of a user operation specifying the one character string on the displayed UI screen in a state where the connected string is displayed, by displaying a second UI screen that displays, as an editing target, the specified one character string that is recognized from the scanned image, while the one or more character strings are not displayed as the editing target on the second UI screen;

receiving an edit from a user of the one character string displayed as the editing target; and

setting the property by using a connected string including the one character string edited by the user and the one or more character strings.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-080384 · Apr 19, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16851230 · Apr 17, 2020
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